NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD and NVIDIA GeForce3 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

NVIDIA GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 230 MHz

Launch date	31 May 2005 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 200 MHz
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 230 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3

Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5 vs 2
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 119

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5 vs 2
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 119

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

120

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD	NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G3D Mark	2	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	119	120

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD	NVIDIA GeForce3
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Kelvin
Code name	NV18 C1	NV20 A5
Launch date	31 May 2005	27 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1274	1275
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	29 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Length	168 mm	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	8.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	230 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR